Method of assembling neck accessories to clothing articles and articles thus obtained

ABSTRACT

Method of assembling neck accessories to garments manufactured in a continuous production line from at least one main indefinite web of supple material and from secondary layers laid on the main web, wherein the main web, the secondary layers and the neck accessories are laid and fixed successively on one another in the sequence in which they are superposed when the garments reach the end of the production line.

Unite States Ptent [191 1 Pierron et a1.

1 1 Mar. 18, 1975 METHOD OF ASSEMBLING NECK ACCESSORIES TO CLOTHING ARTICLES AND ARTICLES THUS OBTAINED [75] Inventors: Claude Raymond Pierron, Epinal; Jean Paul Joseph Jenny, Decines; Robert Zuccaro, Epinal, all of France [73] Assignee: Plymatic, DarnieullesfFrance [22] Filed: Aug. 2, 1973 [21] Appl No.: 384,956

[30] Foreign Application Priority Data Aug. 31, 1972 France 72.30971 [52] U.S. Cl. 2/143, 2/116, 2/243 B [51] Int. Cl A411) 3/04 [58] Field of Search 2/143, 115, 116,243 R,

2/243 A, 243 B, 114, DIG. 7; 112/262 [56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS Artzt 2/243 R X 3,435,461 4/1969 Artzt 2/243 R X 3,500,479 3/1970 Pierron 2/243 R 3,585,641 6/1971 Pierron 2/243 R X 3,681,785 8/1972 Truman... 2/243 R 3,684,611 8/1972 Craig 1 2/243 R X 3,694,817 3/1972 Brown... 2/243 R 3,696,445 10/1972 Graig 2/243 R 3,769,635 11/1973 Pierron 2/243 R Primary Examiner-Werner H, Schroeder Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Kenyon & Kenyon Reilly Carr & Chapin [57] ABSTRACT Method of assembling neck accessories to garments manufactured in a continuous production line from at least one main indefinite web of supple material and from secondary layers laid on the main web, wherein the main web, the secondary layers and the neck accessories are laid and fixed successively on one another in the sequence in which they are superposed when the garments reach the end of the production line.

8 Claims, 12 Drawing Figures FATENTED W 1 8 i975 SHEET S [If 8 PATEHTEUHAR 1 ems 3.871.028

sumvp a PATENTEDHAR 1 81975 SHEEISUEB 1N llllll llllllll I l lII IIIIIllIL 1 METHOD OF ASSEMBLTNG NECK ACCESSORIES TO CLOTHING ARTICLES AND ARTICLES THUS OBTAINED The present invention relates essentially to a method of assembling neck accessories, such as collars, hoods, masks, neck reinforcements, to garments manufactured industrially along a continuous production line, as well as the clothing articles obtained by the said method.

There is already known in the prior art a method of assembling neck accessories to clothing articles manufactured industrially along a continuous production line from at least one indefinite web of supple material, the said neck accessories being laid along the neckopening line of the garment when the latter is practically finished and folded flat, right side out or wrong side out. Therefore, it is necessary, in this prior method, to unfold outwardly the sides of the garment along folding lines parallel with the longitudinal axis of the garment, so as to spread out and develop flat the neck-opening lines along which the accessory will be fixed. The neck-opening accessory thereafter undergoes the fixing and final cutting operations and, at the end of the production line, the garment is re-folded flat, right side out or wrong side out.

The garment unfolding operations necessary to develop flat the garment neck are performed in an auto mated production line by means of complex mechanisms, the adjustment of which must be constantly watched.

The present invention has for its purpose to avoid the use of such a complex and accurate mechanism and, therefore, to avoid the inconveniences deriving from its use, ie the difficulties involved in the adjustment of the mechanism, its high manufacturing cost, the garment unfolding and refolding operations, and so forth.

To this end, the invention provides a method of assembling neck accessories to garments manufactured industrially along a continuous production line from at least one main indefinite web of supple material, the said garments being obtained by a series of operations including a laying of secondary layers of supple material on the initial web, a cutting and a fixing for example by way of sticking, wherein the said secondary layers may consist of either folded portions of the main web or layers distinct from the main web, the said method being characterized in that the neck accessories are formed separately from at least one web of supple material, and then laid and fixed on the garment blanks by a series of operations during the various stages of manufacture and finishing of the said blanks, in such a way that the main web, the secondary layers and the neck accessories be laid and/or fixed successively on one another in the same sequence in which they are superposed when the garments reach the end of the production line.

The method according to the invention therefore enables to completely combine the neck accessory assembling operations with the operations involved in the manufacture of the garments themselves, so as to do away with all the garment unfolding operations which are necessarily followed by reverse re-folding operations, in order to gain time in the manufacture of the garments and, therefore, increase production rates and reduce costs.

Moreover, the invention enables the number of machines or mechanisms in the production lines to be reduced, thus simplifying the setting up and operation of such lines as well as the manufacture of the garments.

According to another feature of the invention, the neck accessories are laid one by one on the main web, then at least one secondary layer is laid so as to cover at least partially the said accessories and thereafter the fixing of the accessories and the cutting of the secondary layers are performed.

According to still another feature of the invention, the neck accessories are first laid and/or fixed on the secondary layers, then the main web is laid on or under the assembly, and thereafter the necessary fixing and cutting operations are performed.

According to still another feature of the invention, the flat folded neck accessory is laid on the garment blanks, the two lateral ends of the said accessory being folded flat over the central portion of the latter along folding lines corresponding substantially to the shoul der lines of the said garments.

According to still another features of the invention, each flat developed neck accessory is laid on the main web and then folded at one end from the adjacent fold line, the folded end is then covered with a first secondary layer intended to form one of the flaps of the front or the back of the garment, it is fixed on the web along its neck-opening line, then the other end is folded over the assembly at the level of the other shoulder line, it is covered with a second secondary web and fixed to the latter along the neck-opening line, then the secondary layers and the main web are cut along the shoulder and arm-hole lines of the garment. According to a modified form of embodiment of the invention, the flat folded neck accessory is laid on two parallel websapart from one another and each forming a sleeve half, the mutually opposite lateral edges of the said webs having previously been folded outwardly, the said neck accessory is fixed on the lateral folded portions of the webs along the neck-opening line, then each web is covered with an identical web which is fixed on the folded portion of the accessory along the neck-opening line, and the lateral folded portion of the two superposed webs are fixed together at their free edges thus forming a flattened sleeve gusset within which the said accessory is fixed, the assembly formed by the sleeve blanks and the accessory is then laid and/or fixed on the main web along the neck-opening lines of the accessory and of the arm-hole lines of the sleeve blanks, then at least one secondary layer is laid on the assembly to form the front, or respectively the back, of the garment and is fixed on the said accessory along the neck-opening line of the folded portions of the accessory and on the sleeve blanks along the arm-hole lines, and then the known garment sleeve, back and front cutting operations are performed.

According to this modified form of embodiment of the invention the laying of the neck accessory is therefore performed during the manufacture of the garment raglan sleeve gussets, thus offering the additional advantage of the neck accessory being directly fixed over the whole width of the garment shoulder heads which are formed by the sleeve gussets, thus avoiding the risk of a defect in the garment, which is generally noticed only when the garment is unfolded and ready to be used.

The invention also relates to the garments provided with neck accessoris laid according to the method of the invention,

The invention will be better understood and other objects, characteristics and advantages thereof will appear as the following description proceeds, with reference to the appended drawings given solely by way of example illustrating several forms of embodiment of the invention and wherein:

FIGS. 1 to are diagrammatic views illustrating the successive stages of the laying and fixing of a neck accessory according to the invention;

FIG. 6 shows the garment neck provided with a collar according to a modified form of embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 7 shows the same garment as FIG. 6, but folded in a different manner; and

FIGS. 8 to 12 are diagrammatic views illustrating the successive stages of laying and fixing a neck accessory on a garment blank according to another modified form of embodiment of the invention.

Reference is first made to FIGS. 1 to 5 illustrating a first method oflaying neck accessories according to the invention, applied, in the case considered, to garments which may subsequently be provided with assembled straight sleeves.

The neck accessories which, in this case, is a jacket, shirt or overall collar 1 is laid on a main indefinite web 2 of supple sheet material such as cloth, fabric, paper or the like, made from natural or artificial textile mate rial. The web 2 is intended to form theback of the garment and may advantageously comprise a pre-cutting line defining the neck-opening line located on the back of the garment. The collar 1 is formed separately by being cut out from a web of similar supple material and is placed on the main web 2 and fixed on the latter along the neck-opening line defined by the pre-cutting line. The fixing of the collar 1 on the web 2 is performed along a gluing line 3 extending along the pre cutting line of the main web 2.

The collar 1 is advantageously laid in the flat developed state on the main web, and after having been fixed along the gluing lines 3, one of its lateral ends 4 is folded over the central portion of the collar 1, starting from the level of the garment shoulder line, which be sides corresponds substantially to the end of the said pre-cutting line i The collar 1 then has the shape shown in FIG. 1.

On the lateral end 4 of the collar 1 is then laid a secondary layer 5 of the same material, which is intended to form one of the garment front flaps, and which comprises a triangular notch 6 corresponding substantially to the neckopening line of the folded portion 4 of the collar 1 and to a portion of the neck-opening line of the central portion of the collar 1 which is already fixed to the garment back. The secondary layer 5 is then fixed along the neck-opening line7 ofthe lateral end 4 of the collar 1, for example by means of a sticking line 8.

The next operation, illustrated in FIG. 3, consists in folding the other lateral end 9 of the collar 1 over the already folded lateral end 4, the folding of the end 9 being performed at the level of the other shoulder line 10 of the garment, which also corresponds to the end of the aforesaid sticking line 3.

The next operation is illustrated in FIG. 4, which shows a secondary layer 10, identical with the previous layer 5 and comprising the same triangular notch 11, laid on the lateral end 9 of the collar 1 in the same manner as the layer 5 has been laid on the said lateral end 4 of the collar 1. In the same manner, the secondary layer 10 is fixed on the folded end 9 of the collar along a sticking line 12 extending along the neck-opening line of this lateral end 9.

Although secondary layers 5 and 10 placed on the main web 2 have been mentioned above, it is obvious that this secondary layer may be constituted by folded lateral portions of the main web 2.

The collar 1, therefore, is now fixed on the main web 2 and on the secondary layers 5 and 10 along its neckopening line by means of the sticking lines 3, 8 and 12. Therefore, what there now remains to do is to make notches in the secondary layers and the main web along the shoulder lines 13 of the garment, to obtain the garment blank shown in FIG. 5.

Now, according to the type of garments to be manufactured, straight sleeves may be assembled to the garment blank, shoulder heads may be or may not be formed along the shoulder lines 13, and various accessories may be assembled to the garments, such as waistbands, pockets and so forth.

In FIG. 6 is shown a modified form of embodiment of the invention, wherein the garment blanks comprise shoulder heads formed directly by the main web and the secondary layers, the collar being placed directly within gussets forming the shoulder heads.

The garment blank shown in FIG. 6 comprises first of all a main web 15 of supple material which has previously been cut along a U-shaped line 16, so as to remove a rectangle of supple material from the main web 15. The transverse portion of the line 16 corresponds substantially to the neck-opening line of the back portion of the garment.

Subsequent to this cutting operation, each side 17 of the main web is folded inwardly onto the said web about a line 18 inclined at about 45 to the longitudinal direction of the garment, the said line starting from the end of the neckopening line 16 of the main web 15 and extending towards the corresponding arm-hole line. Thereafter, the lateral end19 of the folded portion 17 is again folded outwardly in the opposite direction, along a line 20 parallel with the longitudinal axis of the garment and starting from the corresponding end of the neck-opening line 16 of the main web 15. Three thicknesses of material are thus obtained from the main web 15, as seen more particularly in the left half of FIG. 6.

A collar 21 is formed separately in a web of similar supple material and is laid on the main web 15 folded in the aforesaid manner, by itself being folded flat with its lateral ends 22 and 23 folded over the central portion of the collar 21 starting from the level of the corresponding shoulder. line. The collar 21 is therefore laid on the web 15 and the folded lateral edges 19, and it is fixed on the latter along a sticking line 24 extending along the neck-opening line. Thereafter, two secondary layers 25 and 26 are cut and folded in the same manner as the main web 15 and are each placed on one side of the longitudinal axis of the garment on the web 15 and the collar 21, so that all the corresponding portions of the web 15 and the secondary layers 15 and 26 are substantially superposed. Each folded edge 19 of the main web 15 is therefore covered with an identical folded edge 27 of the corresponding layer 25, 26, and each folded portion 17 is covered by an identical folded por tion 28 of the secondary layers. The superposition of the folded edges 19 of the main web 15 and of the folded edges 27 of the secondary layers forms two gussets within which the edges 19 and 27 are then fixed on one another along a sticking line 29, and each secondary layer is fixed on the corresponding end 22, 23 of the collar 21 along a gluing line 30 extending along a transverse portion of the neck-opening lines of the lateral ends 22 and 23 of the collar 21. The collar 21 is thus fixed along its neck-opening line by means of the sticking lines 24 and 30.

In order to enable the assembling of assembled straight sleeves, the gussets or shoulder heads 19, 27 which extend in parallel relationship to the axis of the garment in FIG. 6, may be again straightened out and arranged transversely to the axis of the garment, as shown in FIG. 7. In this Figure the collar 21 is folded over internally of the garment along its neck-opening line. Straight sleeves may then be assembled by being placed on either side of the garment blank thus formed.

In FIGS. 8 to 12 is shown. another modified form of embodiment of the invention, which is applicable to the case of garments which are manufactured by being folded wrong side out and which'are provided with raglan sleeves during their manufacture.

FIG. 8 shows a first stage in the manufacture of raglan sleeves, which, in the case considered, is combined with the first collar-laying operation. Two pieces of secondary layer 35 and 36 are arranged in parallel relationship in the production line. The mutually opposite lateral edges 37 and 38 of the secondary layer pieces have been folded outwardly over the corresponding secondary layer piece over a width corresponding to half the width of a sleeve gusset. The distance between the folding lines 39 and 40 of the folded portions 37 and 38 corresponds substantially to the length of the neck-opening line located on the garment back.

A collar 41 is laid between the secondary layer pieces 35 and 37, by being folded flat with its lateral ends 42 and 43 folded over the central portion of the collar about folding lines located at the level of the garment shoulder lines. In this position, the collar 41 extends over almost the whole width of the folded portions 37 and 38. After having been laid in the manner just described on the flaps 37 and 38, it is fixed on the latter along sticking lines 44 and 45 extending along the neck-opening lines of the collar 41.

The following operation consists in laying on the assembly thus formed two secondary layer segments 46 and 47 which have previously been folded in the same manner as the secondary layer segments 35 and 36. The segments 46 and 47 therefore comprise lateral flaps which are exactly superposed on the lateral flaps 37 and 38 of the segments 35 and 36, the free edges of the corresponding flaps being fixed to one another along sticking lines 48 and 49. Likewise, the external free ends of the bands 46 and 35, on the one hand, and 47 and 36 on the other hand, are fixed along sticking lines 50 and 51. Tubes are thus obtained, which are provided with a gusset and intended to form the garment sleeves. The secondary-layer pieces 46 and 47 are also fixed on the folded lateral ends 42 and 43 of the collar 41 along sticking lines 52 and 53 which connect the lateral flaps of the layer segments 46 and 47 to the lateral ends 42 and 43 of the collar along corresponding neck-opening lines. The collar 41 is thus introduced into and fixed within the sleeve gussets.

In FIG. is illustrated the laying of the assembly formed by the sleeve tubes and the collar 41 and a main web 55 intended to form either the front or the back of the garment. The collar 41 is fixed on the main web 55 along a sticking line 56 extending along its neckopening line comprised between the sleeve tubes. The sleeve tubes are themselves fixed by their lower face, i.e. by their bands 35 and 36, located respectively under the bands 46 and 47, by means of sticking lines 57 and 58 corresponding to the arm-hole lines.

The following operation is illustrated in FIG. 11 and consists in laying secondary layers 60 and 61 on the assembly, so as to substantially cover the sleeve tubes, the collar 41 and the main web 55. The secondary layers 60 and 61 are intended to form the flaps of the front or respectively the back of the garment. They are fixed on the secondary layer pieces 46 and 47 by sticking lines 62 and 63 forming arm-hole lines and which are superposed on the said sticking lines 57 and 58. The secondary layers 60 and 61 have been previously out along an outline which follows the neck-opening line of the portion of the collar 41 which they cover. This cut therefore partially discloses the middle of the collar 41 as shown in FIG. 11. Sticking lines 64 and 65 are provided to fix the neck-opening lines of the folded lateral ends 42 and 43 of the collar 41 on the corresponding lower face of the secondary layers 60 and 61. The garment is then practically finished. It is sufficient to fix the external edges of the secondary layers 66 and 61 on the corrresponding external edges of the main web along sticking lines 66 and 67 extending from the bottom of the arm-hole lines to the bottom of the garment. The garment blank is then cut along the arm-hole line defined by the sticking lines 62, 57, 63, 58 up to the point where they meet the sticking lines 48 and 49 of the sleeve gussets. The cutting lines then follow the sticking lines 48 and 49 up to the transverse neckopening line defined by the said sticking line 56. A cutting is also performed along this last sticking line, and the garment folded wrong side out shown in FIG. 12 is then obtained. The sleeve tubes are arranged in substantially parallel relationship within the back 55 of the garment and the front flaps and 61, and the collar 41 is arranged and fixed along the neck-opening line by being introduced into the sleeve gussets.

As previously, the secondary layers 60 and 61 may be formed by folded lateral portions of the main web 55, thus avoiding the longitudinal sticking lines 66 and 67.

It is also obvious that the sequence of some of the operations may be reversed: for example, the secondary bands 35 and 36 may first be laid on the main web 55, then the collar 41 may be fixed on this main web 55 and on the edges 37 and 36 of the layers 35 and 36 in the aforementioned manner; thereafter, the secondary layers 46 and 47 and the secondary layers 60 and 61 may be laid, for the lateral edges of the main web 50 may be folded over, and the fixing and cutting operations described with reference to FIGS. 11 and 12 may be carried out.

The two last described modified forms of embodiment of the invention, illustrated on the one hand in FIGS. 6 and 7 and, on the other hand, in FIGS. 8 to 12, bear a striking resemblance to one another, although the garments obtained in the first case are provided with straight sleeves and folded right side out, whereas those obtained in the other case are provided with raglan sleeves and are folded wrong side out. Indeed, it is seen by comparing FIGS. 6 and 12, that the collar is located within either sleeve gussets or shoulder heads. In addition, if straight sleeves are added to the garment shown in FIG. 6 and the said sleeves are arranged between the main web and the secondary layers and 26, a structure is obtained which is substantially the same as in FIG. 12. Thus, the suprising result of the method of the invention is that a neck accessory such as a collar is arranged in one and the same manner in the case of a garment provided with straight sleeves and that ofa garment provided with raglan sleeves. This circumstance greatly facilitates the design of garment assembly and manufacturing lines and the passing from a line of manufacture of garments with straight sleeves folded right side out to the manufacture of garments folded wrong side out and provided with raglan sleeves.

Of course, the invention is by no means limited to the forms of embodiment described and illustrated which have been given by way of example only. In particular, it comprises all the means constituting technical equivalents to the means described as well as their combinations, should the latter be carried out according to the spirit of the invention.

What is claimed is:

1. Method of manufacturing garments provided along neck lines with neck accessoriessuch as collars, hoods, masks, neck reinforcements, said method comprising the steps of forming separately said neck accessories from at least one auxiliary band of supple material, moving at least one main web of supple material along a continuous assembly line and subjecting it to a series of automatic fashioning steps including the steps of laying secondary layers of supple material on said main web, cutting and fixing said secondary layers to said web to form said garments, wherein the improvements consist in that said steps of laying, fixing and cutting said secondary layers and the steps of laying and fixing said neck accessories are performed sequentially in a sequence such that the said secondary layers and the said neck accessories are superposed when the finished garments reach the end of the assembly line.

2. Method according to claim. 1, comprising the steps of laying said neck accessories one by one and fixing them on said main web along a part of the respective neck lines of the garments, then laying at least one secondary layer on said main web so as to cover at least partially the said accessories, fixing said at least one secondary layer on said accessories, and then cutting and fixing said main web and said at least one auxiliary layer for obtaining said garments.

3. Method according to claim 1, wherein each neck accessory is laid on the assembly line in a flat folded state, the lateral ends of each accessory being folded flat over the central portion of said accessory along folding lines corresponding to shoulder lines of the garments.

4. Method according to claim 1, comprising the steps of laying each neck accessory in a flat developed state on the main web, fixing a central portion of said accessory on said main web along a neck line of a corresponding garment, folding one lateral end of said accessory flat over the central portion of said accessory, covering said folded end with a first secondary layer andv fixing it to said secondary layer along the neck line, folding the other lateral end of said accessory flat over the central portion of said accessory, covering the other lateral end with a second secondary layer and fixing it to said second secondary layer along the neck line, and then cutting and fixing said main web and said secondary layers for obtaining said garments.

5. Method according to claim 1, comprising the steps of cutting said main web so as to remove from a longitudinal end of said web a rectangle of supple material determining a U-shaped line the transverse portion of which forms the neck line of the back of the garment, folding each lateral end part of the web inwardly onto said web about a line inclined at 45 to the longitudinal direction of the garment and starting from the corre sponding end of the said neck line, folding the lateral edge of said folded part outwardly onto said web along a line parallel with the longitudinal axis of the garment, laying a neck accessory in a flat folded state on the thus folded main web and fixing it to said web along the neck line, cutting and folding two secondary layers in the same manner as the main web, laying said cut and folded secondary layers each on one side of the longitudinal axis of the garment on said web and said neck accessory, so that all the corresponding cut and folded parts of the web and the secondary layers are superposed, fixing the secondary layers on the neck accessory along the neck line thereof and on the main web along the said outwardly folded lateral edge of the main web, whereby a garment blank is obtained comprising shoulder gussets within which the neck accessory is fixed.

6. Method according to claim 1, comprising the steps oflaying the neck accessory in a flat folded state on two parallel bands separate from one another and each forming a sleeve half, the mutually opposite internal lateral edges of the said sleeves having previously been folded over flat outwardly, fixing the said accessory on the said lateral folded portions of the bands along its neck line, covering each band with an identical folded band and fixing the latter on the folded portion of the accessory along its neck line, fixing the lateral folded portions of the superposed bands together by their free edges thereby obtaining two flattened sleeve gussets within which the said accessory is fixed, then laying the assembly formed by the sleeves and the accessory and fixing it on the said main web along the neck lines of the accessory and arm-hole lines of the sleeves, laying at least one secondary layer on the assembly to form one of the front and the back of the garment, and fixing said secondary layer on the said accessory along the neck line of the folded portions of the said accessory and on the sleeves along the'armhole lines, and subsequently performing back and front cutting operations on the sleeves.

7. Method according to claim 1, wherein sleeves are formed from a tube, provided with a longitudinal gusset by way of folding of the said tube, and are laid on the main web face to face with their gusset opened and folded over outwardly, the said method comprising further the steps of laying and fixing a neck accessory on the said main web and on the said sleeve gussets along the neck line, then laying and fixing at least one secondary layer on the said main web, the said sleeves and the said neck accessory and subsequently performing back and front cutting on the sleeves.

8. Garment made by the method of claim 1 and being in flat folded condition and comprising united back and front portions having neck opening lines defined by said portions, gussets forming shoulder heads connecting said portions together at their upper ends, a neck accessory fixed to said garment along said neck opening lines, and a pair of sleeves united with said gussets, said front and back portions in said flat folded conditions being superposed with said sleeves disposed longitudinally between said front and back portions, said gussets in said condition being flat folded between said front and back portions and said neck accessory lying flat within said gussets and between said front and back portions. 

1. Method of manufacturing garments provided along neck lines with neck accessories such as collars, hoods, masks, neck reinforcements, said method comprising the steps of forming separately said neck accessories from at least one auxiliary band of supple material, moving at least one main web of supple material along a continuous assembly line and subjecting it to a series of automatic fashioning steps including the steps of laying secondary layers of supple material on said main web, cutting and fixing said secondary layers to said web to form said garments, wherein the improvements consist in that said steps of laying, fixing and cutting said secondary layers and the steps of laying and fixing said neck accessories are performed sequentially in a sequence such that the said secondary layers and the said neck accessories are superposed when the finished garments rEach the end of the assembly line.
 2. Method according to claim 1, comprising the steps of laying said neck accessories one by one and fixing them on said main web along a part of the respective neck lines of the garments, then laying at least one secondary layer on said main web so as to cover at least partially the said accessories, fixing said at least one secondary layer on said accessories, and then cutting and fixing said main web and said at least one auxiliary layer for obtaining said garments.
 3. Method according to claim 1, wherein each neck accessory is laid on the assembly line in a flat folded state, the lateral ends of each accessory being folded flat over the central portion of said accessory along folding lines corresponding to shoulder lines of the garments.
 4. Method according to claim 1, comprising the steps of laying each neck accessory in a flat developed state on the main web, fixing a central portion of said accessory on said main web along a neck line of a corresponding garment, folding one lateral end of said accessory flat over the central portion of said accessory, covering said folded end with a first secondary layer and fixing it to said secondary layer along the neck line, folding the other lateral end of said accessory flat over the central portion of said accessory, covering the other lateral end with a second secondary layer and fixing it to said second secondary layer along the neck line, and then cutting and fixing said main web and said secondary layers for obtaining said garments.
 5. Method according to claim 1, comprising the steps of cutting said main web so as to remove from a longitudinal end of said web a rectangle of supple material determining a U-shaped line the transverse portion of which forms the neck line of the back of the garment, folding each lateral end part of the web inwardly onto said web about a line inclined at 45* to the longitudinal direction of the garment and starting from the corresponding end of the said neck line, folding the lateral edge of said folded part outwardly onto said web along a line parallel with the longitudinal axis of the garment, laying a neck accessory in a flat folded state on the thus folded main web and fixing it to said web along the neck line, cutting and folding two secondary layers in the same manner as the main web, laying said cut and folded secondary layers each on one side of the longitudinal axis of the garment on said web and said neck accessory, so that all the corresponding cut and folded parts of the web and the secondary layers are superposed, fixing the secondary layers on the neck accessory along the neck line thereof and on the main web along the said outwardly folded lateral edge of the main web, whereby a garment blank is obtained comprising shoulder gussets within which the neck accessory is fixed.
 6. Method according to claim 1, comprising the steps of laying the neck accessory in a flat folded state on two parallel bands separate from one another and each forming a sleeve half, the mutually opposite internal lateral edges of the said sleeves having previously been folded over flat outwardly, fixing the said accessory on the said lateral folded portions of the bands along its neck line, covering each band with an identical folded band and fixing the latter on the folded portion of the accessory along its neck line, fixing the lateral folded portions of the superposed bands together by their free edges thereby obtaining two flattened sleeve gussets within which the said accessory is fixed, then laying the assembly formed by the sleeves and the accessory and fixing it on the said main web along the neck lines of the accessory and arm-hole lines of the sleeves, laying at least one secondary layer on the assembly to form one of the front and the back of the garment, and fixing said secondary layer on the said accessory along the neck line of the folded portions of the said accessory and on the sleeves along the armhole lines, and subsequently performing back aNd front cutting operations on the sleeves.
 7. Method according to claim 1, wherein sleeves are formed from a tube, provided with a longitudinal gusset by way of folding of the said tube, and are laid on the main web face to face with their gusset opened and folded over outwardly, the said method comprising further the steps of laying and fixing a neck accessory on the said main web and on the said sleeve gussets along the neck line, then laying and fixing at least one secondary layer on the said main web, the said sleeves and the said neck accessory and subsequently performing back and front cutting on the sleeves.
 8. Garment made by the method of claim 1 and being in flat folded condition and comprising united back and front portions having neck opening lines defined by said portions, gussets forming shoulder heads connecting said portions together at their upper ends, a neck accessory fixed to said garment along said neck opening lines, and a pair of sleeves united with said gussets, said front and back portions in said flat folded conditions being superposed with said sleeves disposed longitudinally between said front and back portions, said gussets in said condition being flat folded between said front and back portions and said neck accessory lying flat within said gussets and between said front and back portions. 